Slapshot: Rebound News

[p]v1.9.0 Quality of Life [/p]

• [p]Fixed text overflow on the Top 50 leaderboards[/p]
• [p]Added an explainer to the points for the Showdown teams in the standings UI that says how team points are calculated[/p]
• [p]Added the Euros jersey with flags for participating countries, distributed to participants. Join the Euros Discord: https://discord.gg/PbjuAcvZ[/p]
• [p]Added some debug to hunt down a bug in practice mode that can slow down your stick rotation[/p]
• [p]Adjusted Showdown team calculations to weigh Top 100 players instead of Top 10%. Now it uses a weighting of: Top 100, Top 50%, Average points of players that have crossed the minimum contribution threshold[/p]

[p][/p][p]GLHF,[/p][p]Oddshot Games[/p]

[p]Hi Slappers,[/p][p][/p][p]We've made some improvements to the rendering techniques within Slapshot that should improve compatibility for older devices and (slightly) improve frame rates for newer ones.[/p][p][/p][p]For those familiar with rendering techniques, this is what we've done:[/p]

• [p]Defaulted the game to DirectX12, with DirectX11 as a fallback We have reverted this due to performance issues with AMD GPUs.[/p]
• [p]Improved support for Vulkan (preferred) and OpenGL ES 3.0 (if it really has to).[/p]
• [p]Completed porting of our URP render passes to RenderGraph[/p]
• [p]Fixed a GPU callback issue from a third party library when using DirectX12[/p][p][/p]

[p]Make sure your GPU drivers are up-to-date![/p][p][/p][p]We hope to improve support for integrated graphics with this update. Even though we don't officially support integrated graphics since it falls below our minimum specs, we will try to improve compatibility where we can. These changes should also have a positive impact on emulating the game on Linux and Mac.[/p][p][/p][p]If you're experiencing issues starting the game, you can put -force-vulkan into the launch options to use a different rendering technique. (Right-click Slapshot in Steam -> Properties to find the launch options).[/p][p][/p][p]GLHF,[/p][p]Oddshot Games[/p]

[p]v1.9.0 Hotfix 3 [/p]

• [p]Fixed the last remaining crashes caused by the game engine update (If you do experience a crash, please make a ticket in ⁠help!),[/p]
• [p]Added a new volume slider for "Crowd" so you can control ambience and crowd noises separately,[/p]
• [p]Made the default volume for the dash recharge alert 0 while we rethink the sound,[/p]
• [p]Fixed a bug where the replay would not find the puck correctly after the first replay happened,[/p]
• [p]Made the camera transitions snappier, reducing the time they take in most scenarios,[/p]
• [p]Removed the camera transition from replay to your player character after a replay has ended,[/p][p][/p]

[p]This patch resolves the most urgent issues and requests that have made their way to us. If you experience different issues or have requests to drastically improve your experience with Slapshot feel free to let us know in ⁠Discord or through a reply to this post / new post in the Steam forums.[/p][p][/p][p]We're very happy with the first 24 hours of the Showdown event, the Yetis are pulling ahead but the Goats and Puffins are not too far behind. Let us know if you're enjoying the event and how we can make them even better the next time around![/p][p][/p][p]You can restart Steam to get the update right away.[/p][p][/p][p]GLHF,[/p][p]Oddshot Games[/p]

[p]v1.9.0 Hotfix 2[/p][p]- Fixed special characters lagging some people's games[/p][p]- Fixed rendering for many special characters in chat and names[/p][p]- Fixed a shader optimisation issue related to the new crowd[/p][p]- Potentially fixed the issue that leads to crashes for several players related to the engine upgrade[/p][p][/p][p]You can restart Steam to get the update right away.[/p][p]Thank you to those that have helped me debug the issues![/p][p][/p][p]GLHF,[/p][p]Oddshot Games[/p]

[p]v1.9.0 Hotfix 1[/p][p]- Fixed Contract summary text overflowing incorrectly when you have pro/plus and more 2+ digits in tiers[/p][p]- Fixed aviator glasses tint[/p][p]- Fixed spectators not showing up in online matches[/p][p]- Fixed ping checker showing -1 ping and recommending those regions for some players[/p][p]- Clarified that people meeting the contribution threshold will be added to the Showdown leaderboard when it's empty[/p][p][/p][p]You can restart Steam to get the update right away.[/p][p]I'm still looking into the chat related stutter and a memory leak that causes crashes for some players.[/p][p][/p][p]GLHF,[/p][p]Oddshot Games[/p]